Bill 10 Relieve Cotton Situation before Congress
Washington August 14. A hopeful mood in the cotton conference as bills aim to stabilize markets. Senator Hoke Smith and Representative Lever push warehouse licensing to secure receipts and loans. advocates urge farmers to hold cotton to 12 1 2 cents.
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John Corrigan
Washington
F Lever
House
Department of Agriculture
Smith
Committee of Agriculture
Hoe
Senate
Lever
Hoke Smith
England
Congress
Wingo
Arkansas
Federal Reserve
Resolutions Committee
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Board
Secretary of the Treasury
Ech
Re Serva
Nancy on French frontier scene of expected battle
Nancy a major French city on the Meurthe frontier stands as a strategic point in the German invasion plan. Population around 100000, with a noted cathedral and the old citadel still standing.
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Nancy
France
Charles the Bold
Louis Aim
Government to insure U S ships against war risks
Washington August 14 Government insurers war risks for American registered ships and cargoes to relieve disruptions in overseas trade caused by the European war. Secretary McAdoo chaired a daylong conference with 62 business leaders, forming a 12 member committee headed by Seth Low to draft legislation and press for an immediate bill establishing a wartime insurance bureau.
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Washington
Aixty
Treasury
McAdoo
United States
Seth Low
National Civic Federation
Congress
How to Find Desirable Rooms or Board in The Constitution
The Constitution Boarding and Rooming House Information Bureau offers free public help to locate desirable rooms or board. Experienced clerks manage the department and assist seekers, while room and boarding providers are encouraged to list with the bureau for quicker placement.
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Constitution Boarding and
Peldphone
Donalson Named For U S Attorney
Adysney from Washington reported in Atlanta that Erle M Donalson of Bainbridge has been recommended by Senator West for appointment as United States district attorney for south Georgia. Senator Hoke Smith will not oppose confirmation and the Justice Department approved the nominee. Donalson, a prominent Bainbridge attorney and former general assembly member, is son of Col John B Donalson and brother in law of Ben Lee Crew of Atlanta.
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Adysney
Atlanta
Washington
Erle M Donalson
Bainridge
West
United States
South Georgia
Hoke Smith
Department of Justice
Donalson
German Ship Burned by Mob at Antwerp
London August 14 The Copenhagen correspondent of The Daily News reports Antwerp dispatches that an anti German mob in Antwerp Harbor set fire to a German ship and then looted another vessel. The event is cited as part of a broader wartime agitation and a conference signaling unity between government and business toward rapid currency solution and steps to build a mercantile marine under U S registry, with the National Foreign Trade council backing war risk insurance and railway changes.
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London
Copenhagen
The
Daily News
Antwerp
America
Ihs
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Europe
United States
National Foreign Trade Council
Italy
Japan
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Unexpected Delay in Belgian Campaign Threatens German Invasion
The report says German forces press through Belgium using sheer numbers toward a major clash between Namur and Diest. Belgian outposts claim heavy resistance while French troops relieve Namur and seize Vosges passes, with Liege forts under renewed pressure and a fort at Pontisse reportedly falling.
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London
Belgium
Brusaets
Namur
Haelen
Louvain
Diest
Gruasele
Antwerp
Charteroi
Vosges
le Bonhomme
Sainte Marie Au Mines
Liege
Pontisse
German Troops Fall At Liege Forts In August Assault
London report says Fort Pontisse and nearby forts near Liege resist a fierce German attack. Germans push by main force after suspending siege artillery but are repelled at the glacis by Belgian fire. Fort Liers assists Pontisse as Germany aims to control left bank Meuse forts to threaten Belgian center.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Brussels
Fort Pontisse
Liege
Pontisse
Liers
Pontizse
Meuse
Germany
Berlin Suppresses News From War Zone
Berlin newspapers have been suppressed and war news 35 unobtainable in the German capital. Wireless messages from Berlin via the Tuckerton station report communication established with Germany and private messages exchanged. The operator asked for news and was told that no news was to be bad and that Berlin papers had been suppressed.
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Berlin
Tuckerton. NJ
Germany
Liner Baron Gautsch Hit Mine. 156 Dead Off Dalmatian Coast
Reuters dispatch from Trieste reports the Austrian Lloyd steamer Baron Gautsch was blown up by a mine off Lussin Island on the Dalmatian coast. The ship carried about 800 passengers and crew. about 156 were rescued and many are killed or drowned.
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London
Lloyd
Baron Gautsch
Lussin
Reuter
Trieste
Russian Troops Move on Germany
The Central News from Rome cites St Petersburg reports of large mobilizations along the German Austrian frontiers with 2,000,000 on that line, 600,000 on Turkish and Roumanian borders, and 3,000,000 in reserve. Additional dispatches describe sunken German ships off Spurn Head, German patrols taking refuge in Switzerland, and a sea battle near Chingsa with damaged ships. Belgian accounts claim up to 3,000 German casualties at Haelen.
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London
Rome
St Petersburg
Russia
Chronicle
West Hartlepool
Haldamaersk
Spurn Head
Humber
Chingsa
Hong Kong
Scharnborat
Gneisenau
Haelen
Germany Faces Invasion Threats as War Expands
Military strategists warn Germany delays in seizing Belgium and France risk ceding western ground to keep Berlin path closed to Russia. Russians advance toward Prussia and Austrian Galicia, with warnings against rumor. Italy Japan entente doubts and Greece Turkey war moves complicate a broader conflict. British treasury bills issued as ship arrivals depress prices. Japanese fleet sails to honor treaty with Britain. German cruiser Kartarume coals and heads to Caracas.
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Germany
Belgium
France
Berlin
Russia
Prussia
Austrian Galicia
Styr
Lemberg
Offical
Army and Admiralty
Great Britain
Turkey
Breslau
Greece
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Department of Meurthe Et Moselle
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Metz
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Perth
Strassburg
Cily
U. S
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Redfield
Owen
Glass
House Banking
Adamson
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
T P Morgan
Stara and Stripes
White House
Wilson
Lange
U. S. Attorney
Bainbridge
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New York
Paris
Exchange Telegraph Company Today
French Ministry of War
Berne
Switzerland
Swiss
Kartaruhe
San Juan
P. R
Caracas
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